Best Books of 2016

I’ve never kept a reading list before, so this is a first. Below consists of all the books I’ve read this past year. That being said, I have only considered books published within the past 16 months for my favorite list.

Favorites

Martutene – Ramon Saizarbitoria (Hispabooks)

Between the World and Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates (Spiegel & Grau)

The Family Interrupted – Eloy Urroz (Dalkey Archive)

After James – Michael Helm (Tin House)

Mourner’s Bench – Sanderia Faye (University of Arkansas)

2016 Reading List

Nonfiction

MFA v. NYC – ed. Chad Harbach (FSG)

What We Should’ve Known: Two Discussions – Keith Gessen (N+1)

No Regrets: Three Discussions – Sara Marcus (N+1)

Linguistics for Writers – Colleen Donnelly (SUNY Press)

The Quantum Society – Danah Zohar (William Morrow)

The Inventors: A Memoir – Peter Selgin (Hawethorne Books)

The Elements and Pleasures of Difficulty – Mariolina Salvatori and Patricia Donahue (Pearson)